St. Louis police accidentally kill burglary victim

According to the Post-Dispatch, the officers were responding to a burglary when they thought someone was firing at them. They returned fire and learned that it was the victim of a home invasion, who was apparently firing at the bad guy.

Comments

[Choose82]

Bummer! Note to self: Before I go shooting up the neighborhood look to see if popo standing there pointing a gun at me. Shot them inside my crib.

[term]

What no "stop police" or "police depertment" no warning? there was no indication that the shot were towards the officers...I think they made a very rash decision...

[Boogaloo Shrimp]

Great story! I wonder if this guy qualifies for a Darwin Award?

[Bacon]

Typical cops.

[Bebe]

I think he does Boogaloo. Running around outside your house shooting a gun at imagined boogie men is not cool even if you have just been robbed. If you can't positively identify the threat then you should not be shooting.

[D-man]

If someone breaks into my house, the phone call will be more like the one that Slingblade made at the end of the movie.
"I reckin you should send an ambulance, or a hearse.... The second whack plum near took his head clean off"

[Comprehension...not for all I guess]

"I think he does Boogaloo. Running around outside your house shooting a gun at imagined boogie men is not cool even if you have just been robbed. If you can't positively identify the threat then you should not be shooting."--Bebe

Same could be said of the cops people....they did shoot the wrong guy i.e. "couldn't identify the threat". Get off the cops nuts and see that they gunned down the wrong party!!!!

[Bebe]

Well, we don't have all of the evidence in this case, but the cops did it right. Someone was shooting, they thought it was at them (and may have been), they identified the deadly threat, and solved the problem. The Police are not super-human, Comprehension. If you thought someone was shooting at you, you would do the same. The fact is, this victim's deadly threat was over when the robber fled. At that point, you are a witness, not a shooter. Barricade yourself and call in the po-po. You absolutely do not go out and shoot up the neighborhood.

[F da police]

Sure that's the cops job...to shoot up the neighborhood. Glad to see lemmings are still around...

[Figures, as usual!]

Yeah, term, bebe, etc. Typical reaction from members of a government-financed street-gang. They need all the target practice they can get, because without guns they would have to grow a penis. And you know what that means - they would be threatening to arrest a woman if she didn't have sex with them. That's done by the cops who couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat. Hell, even a two-year-old with a squirtgun poses a threat to them! And why not? Smaller targets are harder to hit! More points in the teeny-weeny game, which is a playstation game legalized for law enforcement use only. You won't find that one at toysrus. And, hey, if you take your kid to the aisle where the squirtguns are, make sure there aren't any rent-a-cops around. Some of them have penis-envy also. And never play make-my-day once those cowards turn off their stealthy sirens. You would have a hard time hitting them while they hide behind their cars, so don't even think about it! Besides, they wear kevlar - you don't. Wu-u-u-r-d!!!